Comments on: Nobody told me http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:08:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Christine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/#comment-42751 Christine Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:22:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/#comment-42751 You are worried about grey hair?? What about the fact that we will all die some day???? You are worried about grey hair?? What about the fact that we will all die some day????

]]> By: ranckle http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/#comment-42750 ranckle Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:35:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/#comment-42750 at least you gots hair, dude. at least you gots hair, dude.

]]> By: R-Laurraine Tutihasi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/#comment-42749 R-Laurraine Tutihasi Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:12:30 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/#comment-42749 That's nothing. I got my first white hair when I was eleven. That’s nothing. I got my first white hair when I was eleven.

]]> By: John Casey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/#comment-42748 John Casey Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:09:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/#comment-42748 Sean, you haven't addressed the really _fun_ part of your early forties: The fact that at approxiately age 42, 5 months, 15 days (+/- 30 days), your arms will grow progressively shorter and shorter while reading-- or at least, so it will seem. Reading glasses/bifocals, it isn't a good idea, its the LAW! JC Sean, you haven’t addressed the really _fun_ part of your early forties: The fact that at approxiately age 42, 5 months, 15 days (+/- 30 days), your arms will grow progressively shorter and shorter while reading– or at least, so it will seem.

Reading glasses/bifocals, it isn’t a good idea, its the LAW!

JC

]]> By: bad Jim http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/#comment-42747 bad Jim Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:22:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/#comment-42747 Like Sean, I started getting some white hair in my 40's, but it remains mostly confined to the beard and sideburn. At 57 the muzzle is completely white but the mane remains brown. Even more distressing are the odd white hairs that pop out at random: on the eyelid and the side of the nose. Having to shave the tops of one's ears just feels wrong. It could be worse, though. My father had roughly the same pattern of graying, but he only grew out his beard once. He smoked so heavily that his moustache turned out bright yellow, so he shaved it, and for the duration of the experiment he looked like a whaling captain. Like Sean, I started getting some white hair in my 40’s, but it remains mostly confined to the beard and sideburn. At 57 the muzzle is completely white but the mane remains brown. Even more distressing are the odd white hairs that pop out at random: on the eyelid and the side of the nose. Having to shave the tops of one’s ears just feels wrong.

It could be worse, though. My father had roughly the same pattern of graying, but he only grew out his beard once. He smoked so heavily that his moustache turned out bright yellow, so he shaved it, and for the duration of the experiment he looked like a whaling captain.

]]> By: John R Ramsden http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/#comment-42746 John R Ramsden Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:51:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/#comment-42746 I thought my first gray hairs were normal hairs being bleached by shampoo, until the truth dawned when rinsing the shampoo off quicker and more thoroughly had no effect! Your pic doesn't show you wearing specs, but in ten years' time, when you're my age now, you'll find you start needing longer arms to read! Oh the joys of middle age.. I thought my first gray hairs were normal hairs being bleached by shampoo, until the truth dawned when rinsing the shampoo off quicker and more thoroughly had no effect!

Your pic doesn’t show you wearing specs, but in ten years’ time, when you’re my age now, you’ll find you start needing longer arms to read!

Oh the joys of middle age..

]]> By: Coruscatus http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/#comment-42717 Coruscatus Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:36:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/#comment-42717 Wait till your pubic hair starts coming out your ears and eyebrows! Wait till your pubic hair starts coming out your ears and eyebrows!

]]> By: foray http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/#comment-42714 foray Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:21:55 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/#comment-42714 Ummm are you sure it's just starting? My husband was shocked last week to find his first gray hair. But he's had them for years! He just never noticed before. Ummm are you sure it’s just starting? My husband was shocked last week to find his
first gray hair. But he’s had them for years! He just never noticed before.

]]> By: milkshake http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/#comment-42745 milkshake Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:32:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/#comment-42745 except that gray matter is actually of darker shades of pink. Only when we die it turns gray due to autolysis. My grandpa got completely bald in his twenites, to his despair, yet it probably made him more respected at work in his younger years - and paradoxically attractive to women on lookout to marry someone: He was a solid, disciplined man with a responsible job in a bank - and his giant bald head with modest demeanor made him exactly look the part. So enjoy looking more distinguished, you never know what kind of unexpected benefits... except that gray matter is actually of darker shades of pink. Only when we die it turns gray due to autolysis.

My grandpa got completely bald in his twenites, to his despair, yet it probably made him more respected at work in his younger years - and paradoxically attractive to women on lookout to marry someone: He was a solid, disciplined man with a responsible job in a bank - and his giant bald head with modest demeanor made him exactly look the part. So enjoy looking more distinguished, you never know what kind of unexpected benefits…

]]> By: Ned Wright http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/#comment-42744 Ned Wright Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:31:12 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2008/09/01/nobody-told-me/#comment-42744 Better gray than falling out. E. C. Olson of UCLA used to joke that as we get older our hairs burrow deeper into our skulls. If they meet gray matter they turn gray. If not, they fall out. Better gray than falling out. E. C. Olson of UCLA used to joke that as we get older our hairs burrow deeper into our skulls. If they meet gray matter they turn gray. If not, they fall out.

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